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Another spelling be word new to me. Might be occasionally useful - for instance the
facade of the edifice of the University of Santo Tomas was disfigured by the rimosities
resulting from many minor earthquakes.
rimose
adj.
L rimosus < rima, chink, fissure < IE base *rei3, to slit, cut > RIVE, REAP6 full of cracks, fissures, or crevices Also ri4mous 73m!s8
ri4mose[ly
adv.
ri[mos4i[ty 73m9s4! tc8
And for any oldtimers who remember comic strip Dick Tracy, the villain "Prune Face{"
had rhagades.
rhagades pl. n.
cracks or long thin scars in the skin, particularly around the mouth or other areas of the body subjected
to constant movement. The fissures around the mouth and nose of babies with congenital syphilis
eventually heal to form rhagades.
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